John Zimmerman
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities and Interim Chair of Humanities (Morganton)
Morganton
Joined NCSSM in July 2022
John Zimmerman came to the NCSSM-Morganton Humanities faculty as a Morganton native. Before joining NCSSM, John taught humanities for two years at local Freedom High School before moving to the newly-opening Patton High School (also in Morganton) as a charter faculty member. John taught at Patton for 15 years and was at different times the English Department head, the advanced placement coordinator, and chair of Humanities. Having taught an array of courses, John’s academic interests focus on early American studies, 20th Century American fiction, Southernism, and film. John is also deeply interested in curriculum design and teacher leadership. Publications and presentations include “Aristotle Reclaimed” in the Journal School Public Relations, NCTE conference talks on censorship, college preparation, designing writing curriculum, and teacher leadership, in addition to chairing, hosting, and speaking at regional and state-level conferences such as those platformed by the Northwest RESA and the North Carolina English Teachers Association, of which John is a past Board of Directors member. John is the co-founder and CEO & Board Chair of North Carolina nonprofit Casting for Hope, which serves women and families in NC battling gynecological cancers. When not teaching, John is usually in Europe—traveling both personally and touring students, teachers, and casual travelers through the UK, France, and Italy specifically—or in a trout stream with a fly rod and his trusty companion yellow Lab, Caedmon (named after the “first among the English to make verses” according to his memorial stone in Westminster Abbey!).
BA, English, UNC-Greensboro
MA, English, Education, Appalachian State University
Humanities
Layla Aldousany
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Carrie Alter
Instructor of Studio Art
Marcelo Aranda
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Kate Auger
Instructor of Photography
Kate Axelrod
Program Associate
Erudiel Bernal
Instructor of World Languages
Sarah Booker
Instructor of World Languages
Michelle Brenner
Instructor of Humanities
David Cantrell
Instructor of Humanities
Jane Cantwell
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Kristin Connor
Instructor of Spanish
Chad Cygan
Instructor of Choral Music
Christy Davenport
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Katy Doll
Instructor of American Studies
David Dry
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Mark Dubois
Instructor and Interim Chair of Humanities (Durham)
Alexa Garvoille
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Fiona Gillespie
Instructor of Spanish
Kyle Hudson
Instructor of Humanities
Steve Jones ’83
Instructor of Humanities
Neal Keesee
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Chad Keister
Instructor of Economics and Social Science
Jim Kirkpatrick
Instructor of Music
Fayez Kurdi
Instructor of World Languages
Scott Laird
Instructor of Music and Chair of Fine Arts (Durham/Morganton)
Hong Li
Instructor of Chinese
Courtney Long
Instructor of Visual Arts
Blake Madden
Instructor of Photography
Margaret McDowell
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Tatiana McInnis
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Ormand Moore
Instructor of Humanities
Katie Moulder
Instructor of Humanities
Amanda Moulder
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Meredith Murphy ’02
Instructor and Chair of Humanities (Durham)
William Nessly
Instructor of American Studies and Asian-American Studies
Tess Nielsen
Instructor of Choral Music and Drama
Robert Noffsinger
Instructor of Spanish and Humanities
Javier Pabón
Dean of Humanities
Liz Peeples
Instructor of Humanities
Carolina Perez
Instructor of Music
Martha Regalis
Instructor of Humanities
Evan Rowe
Auditorium Technical Director
Meltem Safak
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Adam Sampieri
Instructor of Drama
Tonya Smith ’89
Instructor of Spanish and Humanities
Marc Sprintz
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Keegan Storrs
Instructor of Spanish
Natsuko Suwa
Instructor of Japanese
Cecile Tougas
Instructor of Latin
Ying-Hua Tsai
Instructor of Chinese
Qian Wang
Instructor of Chinese
John Woodmansee
Instructor of Humanities